Roll of Honor
Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano
Incident
Location: Texas Incident Date: Not available
Border Patrol Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty.
Agent Acosta-Feliciano was a U.S. Army veteran. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for 15 years and was assigned to the Deming Station in the El Paso Sector. He had previously served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for six years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Border Patrol Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano died on July 31, 2021 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 48.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 17 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, daughter, two sons, father, and five siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Acosta-Feliciano gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 21 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Acosta-Feliciano.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Border Patrol Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, 21 of 63 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano's cause is highlighted.
How Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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